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Henry THRALE 1781 will

born in my lifetime or in due time after my death then and in such case I give unto my wife and the said Samuel Johnson John Cator Jeremiah Crutchley and Henry Smith the like sum of five thousand pounds for the use and benefit of each such daughter or daughters and her and their respective child or children the said sum of five thousand pounds a piece for each such daughter to be paid and payable to the trustees out of my said trade in like manner as the said twenty five thousand pounds is before directed to be paid to them and to be by them or the survivors or survivor of them or the executors or administrators of such survivor laid out and invested paid applied transferred and disposed of to and for the benefit of each such daughter and daughters respectively and her and their respective child or children at such time and times. And in such respective shares proportion manner and form as is and are hereinbefore directed of and remaining the several and respective sums of five thousand pounds hereinbefore by me given for the benefit of such of my said several daughters now living And my Will is and I do here by direct my executors hereinafter named by and out of my said brewing trade and the profits thereof to pay and allow unto the trustees and the survivors or survivor of them and the executors or administrators of such survivor interest for the said sum of twenty five thousand pounds and also for such legacy or legacies of five thousand pounds as may become payable in case I shall have any other daughter or daughters at and after the rate of four pounds per cent per annum from the time of my decease until the principal of such legacies shall be respectively paid pursuant to this my Will and my Will is that the interest and dividends to arise and become payable in respect of the said several and respective legacies of five thousand pounds or the funds and securities wherein the same shall be respectively laid out and invested in the mean time until my daughters shall respectively attain their age of twenty one years or be married as aforesaid shall accumulate for the benefit of my daughters respectively and their respective children and be paid and applied in the same manner as the principal of the said legacies are herein before respectively directed to be applied I give unto my said wife the sum of five hundred pounds to be paid to her immediately after my decease to put herself and family into mourning I give unto Mr Townsend my solicitor one annuity of yearly sum of one hundred pounds during the term of his natural life to be paid to him by equal quarterly payments fee and clear of all taxes and deductions whatsoever I give unto my Clerk Mr John Perkins one thousand pounds I give unto the said Samuel Johnson, John Cator, Jeremiah Crutchley and Henry Smith my executors hereafter named or such of them as shall survive this my Will but not otherwise the sum of two hundred pounds each and as to all and every my mortgages lands

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